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My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Kid_A on Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:04 pm

Aunt Jemima and Motha Fucka!

In honor of Black History Month :D
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby mgconstruction on Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:23 pm

Holy crap, I'm white & offended by this. Dude your an idiot.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Kid_A on Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:54 pm

mgconstruction wrote:Holy crap, I'm white & offended by this.


Then you're a homosexual and you need a kick in the balls.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby THORNHEART on Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:55 pm

=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>


I love this right on KID_A
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Kid_A on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:04 pm

mgconstruction wrote:Dude your an idiot.


And you should be careful not to misspell things when you are trying to insult someones intelligence.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby CreepersWiener on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:12 pm

Well, I am not going to lie and pretend like I am a Black History Buff...because I am not black. However, if I were to choose two black women that I believe are or were important to African American Culture, I would have to say Oprah Winfrey and Condalisa Rice.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby GallantPellham on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:23 pm

quick call the thought police!
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby THORNHEART on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:24 pm

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bahhaha he was not slow in posting an accusation. :roll: :roll: :roll:


sigh the world is so lame...if it was a white joke no one would have cared
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby nietzsche on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:27 pm

I don't know much about african-american culture history but here my 2 favorites:

Desiree West and Shanna Evans.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Deathwind on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:31 pm

what a rich thread...rofl
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Woodruff on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:35 pm

CreepersWiener wrote:Well, I am not going to lie and pretend like I am a Black History Buff...because I am not black. However, if I were to choose two black women that I believe are or were important to African American Culture, I would have to say Oprah Winfrey and Condalisa Rice.


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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Kid_A on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:44 pm

I think these 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZP5FSH ... re=related
might be my new favorites!
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Symmetry on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:46 pm

Madam Walker comes to mind- first woman to become a self made millionaire, not that her story gets told much nowadays. Note that "first woman" bit. Not the first "Black" woman.

Rosa Parks would be my other choice. I can't think of anyone else coming from humble origins who changed the face of US politics more than her.

UK wise, Mary Seacole needs a mention. Humanitarian, brilliant nurse, and an unrecognized hero until recent years.

Just thought I'd add a few peeps not from the entertainment industry, or from recent years.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby hecter on Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:16 pm

Woodruff wrote:
CreepersWiener wrote:Well, I am not going to lie and pretend like I am a Black History Buff...because I am not black. However, if I were to choose two black women that I believe are or were important to African American Culture, I would have to say Oprah Winfrey and Condalisa Rice.


Bessie Coleman rules over them like a big slawberrin' dawg.

I'm offended... How could you not mention Nichelle Nicols, Woodruff?
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Woodruff on Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:22 pm

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Woodruff wrote:
CreepersWiener wrote:Well, I am not going to lie and pretend like I am a Black History Buff...because I am not black. However, if I were to choose two black women that I believe are or were important to African American Culture, I would have to say Oprah Winfrey and Condalisa Rice.


Bessie Coleman rules over them like a big slawberrin' dawg.

I'm offended... How could you not mention Nichelle Nicols, Woodruff?


Bessie Coleman rules over Nichelle Nichols like a big slawberrin' red-shirted dog of yore.

Though MLK Jr. in fact credited Nichelle Nichols with a tremendous role in young black women getting into science roles.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby hecter on Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:25 pm

Woodruff wrote:Though MLK Jr. in fact credited Nichelle Nichols with a tremendous role in young black women getting into science roles.

He was her biggest fan, as he put it.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Woodruff on Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:27 pm

hecter wrote:
Woodruff wrote:Though MLK Jr. in fact credited Nichelle Nichols with a tremendous role in young black women getting into science roles.

He was her biggest fan, as he put it.


In fact, one could argue that Bessie Coleman was Nichelle Nichols before Nichelle Nichols was Nichelle Nichols. Or something.

But much less well-known, of course.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby BoganGod on Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:31 pm

Racist americans in action again.... Lets have a history month, then racially segregate it =D> =D> Go to the top of the class america! "Black History Month" why not american history month? Civil rights history month? A few points.
- Its said that "those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
- May I suggest that "those that won't let go of the past, and continue to demand special priviledges are doomed to having a not very bright future." How can you move on as a nation if each minority demands to have special time devoted to them. Why not concentrate on what unites you as americans, not the differences between you as people.

Whats next? Wierd al yankavich has an excellent suggestion - talk shows about transexual, nazi, eskimos..... Now hows that as an idea for a month. Transexual, Nazi, Eskimos History Month, celebrate and feel empathy for a truly neglected and opprossed minority!
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Symmetry on Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:44 pm

BoganGod wrote:Racist americans in action again.... Lets have a history month, then racially segregate it =D> =D> Go to the top of the class america! "Black History Month" why not american history month? Civil rights history month? A few points.
- Its said that "those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
- May I suggest that "those that won't let go of the past, and continue to demand special priviledges are doomed to having a not very bright future." How can you move on as a nation if each minority demands to have special time devoted to them. Why not concentrate on what unites you as americans, not the differences between you as people.

Whats next? Wierd al yankavich has an excellent suggestion - talk shows about transexual, nazi, eskimos..... Now hows that as an idea for a month. Transexual, Nazi, Eskimos History Month, celebrate and feel empathy for a truly neglected and opprossed minority!


Oh, I love it. It's cute to pretend that we've always had a view of history that was all inclusive, but it doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny. It's one of the fun things about current right wing political thought is to argue that pointing out a racial bias is racist itself. Recognising people of colour for their contributions towards a nation's history is not racist against white people. It's a recognition of the fact that they were usually left out, and still are.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby HapSmo19 on Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:57 pm

left out of what? and by whom?
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby Symmetry on Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:14 pm

HapSmo19 wrote:left out of what? and by whom?


Ah- a really good question. It'd be nice to know where you're coming from with those questions, but the short answer is that minorities have been left out of the traditional narrative.

By whom? I don't think it's fair to say that anyone made a conscious decision, but then nobody has a ruling role over history. I'm not sure what you'd like me to say really- you didn't really offer much apart from some very sharp questions.

So I guess I'd like to ask you a couple of questions- do you feel that, historically, the role of black women has been treated fairly? If you think the treatment has been fair, who do you admire? If not, who do you think received poor treatment from historians?
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby thegreekdog on Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:46 am

I avoided this thread as long as I could.

This "debate" should be bifurcated. The first section should include a discussion of [insert group]'s recognition from a historical perspection. The second section should include a discussion of [insert group]'s current status. Here's why it needs to be bifurcated - I don't believe I owe someone something in 2010 because of how their ancestors were treated. Nearly every race, ethnicity, and religious group has a history of repression associated with it. For example, my own ancestors have been subjugated by the Ottoman Empire and the German Nazis. However, I will not demand special status today in Turkey or in Germany because of what those peoples' ancestors did to my ancestors.

So, I'll start the discussion of each section:

(1) History

I was a history major in college. I learned of various groups' contributions to society. This is not something I learned in high school. However, I tend to think that history classes focus on leaders, politicians, and generals, most of whom tended to be the same color as the majority of the people in their respective country.

I have no issue celebrating Black History month. It is good for people to remember what our ancestors did to those who were not like them, if only to provide some small lesson on how we act now.

(2) Current

People should be treated based on what they bring to society, not on the color of their skin, their religion, or their sexual preference.
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Re: My 2 favorite women in African American Culture

Postby nietzsche on Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:55 pm

Yeah but they keep separating THEMSELVES into ethnic groups instead of mixing and creating one group. Its impossible that we don't find friction in that situation.
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